Process of and Apparatus for Cleaning, Tinting, and Polishing Pecan and Other Nuts. (open access)

Process of and Apparatus for Cleaning, Tinting, and Polishing Pecan and Other Nuts.

Patent for a new and improved method and machine for cleaning, tinting, and polishing nuts. This design facilitates "[t]he process of cleaning and tinting pecan and other nuts, which consists in first subjecting them to the action of a lye, abrading substances, and water within a rotating close vessel, and subsequently to the action of a dyeing solution in a separate rotating close vessel" (lines 5-11).
Date: October 30, 1883
Creator: Koerber, Rudolph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Ore-Concentrator (open access)

Dry Ore-Concentrator

Patent for improvements specifically for ore concentrators. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date: January 18, 1883
Creator: Vollmer, John George
System: The Portal to Texas History